Open XML Explained e-book available for free [corrected]

As you can see, initially this post provided link to e-book for Microsoft’s Open XML (actually there is nothing open there except empty word in it’s name) format developers. But due to righteous criticism the link was removed.

ODF format specifications are available here and here. If it happened so that you have to use M$ Office (in this case I sympathize with you), here is nice utility to get ODF working there (thanks to Wolfgang Lonien for the link).

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Why are you carrying Microsoft's water? Or, worse yet, using MS's water to douse open document standards? There is nothing "open" about Open XML-- except the obviousness of the blatant and naked attempt to hijack the document standards process.

Even Microsoft themselves have admitted-- in print-- that they are not obligated to adhere to a standard that THEY THEMSELVES developed. Why should WE waste our time with it?

Second, I completely agree with you that there is nothing open in "Open XML" and ODF is better but I still think that downloadable copy of the above mentioned book would save some money of OpenXML developers. And I don't want to incline anybody to use Microsoft's format instead of ODF.

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